The saddest day of my life is to know that I have loved so many whose only true love was their addiction. I tried, Oh God how I tried, to show addicts that my love is more important then the high of crack or whatever drug that is your love today. I was left standing in the rain of my own tears saying goodbye once again.
This line really touched my heart, lost, because no matter what our relationship is, parent, partner, friend...we each thought, at one time or another, that we would be "the one" to save them, the one who cared enough to stick it out, and in the end, I know I was "the one" who almost enabled him into his grave.
It's sad to walk away, when we find recovery and they do not. It's sad, but it's healthy. The alternative sucked the life right out of me until I finally let go.
Thanks for sharing this.
Hugs